The new GOP tax law could lead to savings on some customers utility bills. Matt Doyle has more.

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Dave Aranda is staying. Still no word on Matt Canada. Kelley Ray has the latest on LSU’s coordinators…

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Lafayette Police say a teenager is dead after a stabbing last night.  Corporal Bridgette Dugas says they found a 17-year-old male victim shortly after arriving at a home and arrested the suspect after obtaining information from him…

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Dugas says the investigation is continuing, but they believe an argument between the teen and 32-year-old Lawrence Allen the Second escalated into murder…

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Dugas says they do not expect any other arrests in the case.

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Three people, a mother and her two children, were killed in a mobile home fire in Zachary late last night.  Zachary Fire Chief Danny Kimble says firefighters reported to fully engulfed shortly after 11pm…

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Kimble says these type of fires can destroy a trailer fairly quickly once they start…

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The family has told a Baton Rouge TV station that an 8-year-old and 11-month old child died in the blaze. Kimble says there may have been a lack of smoke detectors…

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Foul play is not suspected.  Both the state fire marshal and local authorities are continuing to investigate the exact cause of the fire.

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The federal tax reform bill slashed taxes for different businesses, and after some review the state believes those tax savings could be passed on to utility customers. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell says the tax reductions will save some utility companies, such as Entergy and Cleco, hundreds of millions of dollars. Campbell says those savings shouldn’t be stashed…

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Governor John Bel Edwards praised recent rate reductions in South Carolina due to the new tax savings, and says he hopes to see the same from Louisiana utilities.  Campbell says he’ll make sure Louisiana’s Public Service Commission looks into it…

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Campbell anticipates the Public Service Commission will determine rate payers are due a decrease on their bill, because utility companies are paying lower taxes…